Celine: Through The Eyes Of The World

[Bellamy]

Sounds very promising. Can't wait for the DVD. Doubt I can see it in theater.

[autumnskies00]

I thought I'd post a review of the documentary while my memory was still fresh. Special thanks to Vic again for inviting me...usually I'm very unlucky when it comes to things like this. The evening began at 7:30 when I arrived at Sony Pictures. As soon as I walked into the lobby I saw Chuck Taylor sitting by the elevators and immediately introduced myself. I had met him in Las Vegas and he was so kind and this evening was just the same. Vic was standing outside with the forum banner but not enough forum members were there to help make an impression. We took the elevator up to the theater and waited in a very nice lounge area (there were actually various Academy Awards on display who I'm thinking belong to deceased actors, it was just cool seeing an Oscar up close). Then the doors to the screening room were opened. It was a very lavish room. There were no more than 40 chairs and the atmosphere was very intimate. I imagine this is where critics and journalists get their first peaks at new flicks. The show started instantly. I do not want to give too much away, but let me say this: this documentary is extremely special and unlike anything Celine's team has ever put together for us. If you thought the Vegas dvd was something, prepare for greatness. You could tell a lot of thought and labor was put into this. The show ran exactly 2 hours and it was just complete bliss...two full hours of Celine. The documentary is basically in sequence to several of the concert performances from around the world (not just Boston & Montreal as I expected they would be recycling a lot of material from the concert dvd). The first number, "I Drove All Night" takes you across the globe as they seamlessly put dozens of performances of the song together (and you hear Celine saying "Is that all right [fill in city name]" from a plethor of countries). There is a story to share for every major city she visited and every song they put in the documentary. Celine's voice was just perfection. Whatever songs we are used to hearing in playback we apparently re-recorded by Celine because they are all different--make no mistake of it--they would be fools to use the same tracks from the Vegas dvd. Also included are many performances or audio of songs that fans feared we would not see since Celine did not perform them in Montreal or Boston. She keeps you laughing during the entire run from beginning to end. You see her highs and lows and some very keepsake moments with RC and fans. I thought this movie would be a lot like the promo but it's a million times better. The promo actually does this documentary no justice at all. The depth they go at times is really astounding. Oprah even makes an appearance, which may partly explain why Celine could plug this on her show. There isn't too much more I'd like to share since I want everyone to experience this for themselves. The fans will be very proud of this production and it might even turn a new leaf for some nonfans as well. You will all find yourselves adoring Celine at even higher levels than before.

 

Thanks for writing a great review without spoiling it for us!

[Nmj]

So Was Celine a show then?

[Koolan]

Internet went out when I got back..what great timing.

 

Just back from the screening. It's SO good, had a nice balance between the concert footage and behind the scenes stuff I thought. There were a few songs I thought would be in there that weren't, but I still liked the selection. But Celine is def a charachter lol and RC is So adorable! I don't wanna get spoiler-y so I'll just leave it at that lol.

Were you sitting in the corner at the end opposite the window?

 

Vic was standing outside with the forum banner but not enough forum members were there to help make an impression.

I never planned to take it out unless she was there to sign it.

 

Nice writeup without giving it away. Being in the small room, the sound was excellent as expected. The editing job was superb to my relief...a lot better than the A New Day. release. I wish more songs were included though. A select group of fans will be very happy and it's one of my favorites. Overall, I was very impressed!

[ladylindsey]

Thank you for the reviews! I am so glad you had fun and really liked it! I can't even wait..... one week ughhh.

[browseceline]

I was just reading here and now I saw a bit too much! please use more SPOILER-tags

[blowingbubbles@celine]

oh my god people celinedion.com have two new videos up and its def fair to say I did about 6million love wees over them both! graphic I know but i cant help it celine excits me

[Davey84]

thanks for the review IDAN! I cannot wait!!

[Depp27]

Internet went out when I got back..what great timing.

 

Just back from the screening. It's SO good, had a nice balance between the concert footage and behind the scenes stuff I thought. There were a few songs I thought would be in there that weren't, but I still liked the selection. But Celine is def a charachter lol and RC is So adorable! I don't wanna get spoiler-y so I'll just leave it at that lol.

Were you sitting in the corner at the end opposite the window?

Yeah I was in like the back corner by the awards and the MJ stuff.

[celinemaniac07]

Hi..for those for have seen the film..is the intro video with IDAN included? How many songs are omitted from the documentary? Are most of the songs from the concert included? Was Power of Love, Its a Mans World, LCMM, and RDMH all included? Thank you!

[vroni]

thanks for the brilliant review, I so cannot wait to watch it for myself, one week to go yeah

[ks1981]

Yeh could someone do a complete track list under a spoiler tag?

 

please....

[idroveallnight]

Hi..for those for have seen the film..is the intro video with IDAN included? How many songs are omitted from the documentary? Are most of the songs from the concert included? Was Power of Love, Its a Mans World, LCMM, and RDMH all included? Thank you!

 

Everything you are asking for was in the documentary.

 

SONG LIST:

SPOILER! --Click here to view-- | --Cliquez ici pour voir--

Here is a song list of what I can remember. MOST of the performances were just snippets or audio. Practically all of them are from different concerts. Here they are in no particular order:

 

I Drove All Night

The Power Of Love

IACBTMN (mostly audio only if I recall)

BYLM (from the South African orphanage)

To Love You More

Eyes on Me

All By Myself

I'm Alive

I'm Your Angel

My Love

The Prayer

PQTME

SSIDA

Dans Un Autre Monde

A Song for You

We Will Rock You (several times)

The Show Must Go On

Soul Man Medley

It's A Man's Man's World

LCMM

RDMH

MHWGO

And lots of other covers she did during rehearsals

Edited February 10, 2010 at 01:23 PM by idroveallnight

[Steph--xO]

i'm getting more and more excited now!

thanks very much for the review

 

i managed to buy my ticket today! Wed 17th in Aberdeen!

i doubt anyone from here will be going to the same one though, as i havent met anyone on here from North-east Scotland

anyway i cannot waitttt!!

[JessCC]

I thought I'd post a review of the documentary while my memory was still fresh. Special thanks to Vic again for inviting me...usually I'm very unlucky when it comes to things like this. The evening began at 7:30 when I arrived at Sony Pictures. As soon as I walked into the lobby I saw Chuck Taylor sitting by the elevators and immediately introduced myself. I had met him in Las Vegas and he was so kind and this evening was just the same. Vic was standing outside with the forum banner but not enough forum members were there to help make an impression. We took the elevator up to the theater and waited in a very nice lounge area (there were actually various Academy Awards on display who I'm thinking belong to deceased actors, it was just cool seeing an Oscar up close). Then the doors to the screening room were opened. It was a very lavish room. There were no more than 40 chairs and the atmosphere was very intimate. I imagine this is where critics and journalists get their first peaks at new flicks. The show started instantly. I do not want to give too much away, but let me say this: this documentary is extremely special and unlike anything Celine's team has ever put together for us. If you thought the Vegas dvd was something, prepare for greatness. You could tell a lot of thought and labor was put into this. The show ran exactly 2 hours and it was just complete bliss...two full hours of Celine. The documentary is basically in sequence to several of the concert performances from around the world (not just Boston & Montreal as I expected they would be recycling a lot of material from the concert dvd). The first number, "I Drove All Night" takes you across the globe as they seamlessly put dozens of performances of the song together (and you hear Celine saying "Is that all right [fill in city name]" from a plethor of countries). There is a story to share for every major city she visited and every song they put in the documentary. Celine's voice was just perfection. Whatever songs we are used to hearing in playback we apparently re-recorded by Celine because they are all different--make no mistake of it--they would be fools to use the same tracks from the Vegas dvd. Also included are many performances or audio of songs that fans feared we would not see since Celine did not perform them in Montreal or Boston. She keeps you laughing during the entire run from beginning to end. You see her highs and lows and some very keepsake moments with RC and fans. I thought this movie would be a lot like the promo but it's a million times better. The promo actually does this documentary no justice at all. The depth they go at times is really astounding. Oprah even makes an appearance, which may partly explain why Celine could plug this on her show. There isn't too much more I'd like to share since I want everyone to experience this for themselves. The fans will be very proud of this production and it might even turn a new leaf for some nonfans as well. You will all find yourselves adoring Celine at even higher levels than before.

 

Awesome review without giving too much away! I sure hope there's some story that comes out from my country because I just received my copy of "Autour Du Monde" and I was devastated that my stop wasn't in the pictures except for a printed mention!

Edited February 10, 2010 at 01:31 PM by JessCC

[sangstar]

Vue hasnt confirmed which location will be showing the film, Vue have added Sunday as an additional date @ The O2, 2.30pm. Only problem Jubilee line is usually suspended on a sunday, and getting the bus there is a mission!!

[Tyler1991]

Hi..for those for have seen the film..is the intro video with IDAN included? How many songs are omitted from the documentary? Are most of the songs from the concert included? Was Power of Love, Its a Mans World, LCMM, and RDMH all included? Thank you!

 

Everything you are asking for was in the documentary.

 

SONG LIST:

SPOILER! --Click here to view-- | --Cliquez ici pour voir--

Here is a song list of what I can remember. MOST of the performances were just snippets or audio. Practically all of them are from different concerts. Here they are in no particular order:

 

I Drove All Night

The Power Of Love

IACBTMN (mostly audio only if I recall)

BYLM (from the South African orphanage)

To Love You More

Eyes on Me

All By Myself

I'm Alive

I'm Your Angel

My Love

The Prayer

PQTME

SSIDA

Dans Un Autre Monde

A Song for You

We Will Rock You (several times)

The Show Must Go On

Soul Man Medley

It's A Man's Man's World

LCMM

RDMH

MHWGO

And lots of other covers she did during rehearsals

 

OMG! Thanks so much! Can you please say about how long each snippit was and which ones were full songs! Thanks!

[Cheerfuljane]

Thanks for the review Micheal

 

It was great that you got to see it in a small theater.

Pity you didn't get to keep an Oscar

Did Chuck watch the film with you?

[idroveallnight]

Thanks for the review Micheal

 

It was great that you got to see it in a small theater.

Pity you didn't get to keep an Oscar

Did Chuck watch the film with you?

 

Yes, Chuck sat right behind me and Vic. He was laughing at all of Celine's quirkiness; I think he really enjoyed it.

[Lucie]

ahhh thank you for the reviews guys!!! I can't wait for Tuesday now!!!

[Chula]

What did Celine say about Macau, China?

[CelineIsNumber1]

You can put it in a spoiler tag if its best, but what did Celine say about Tampa, Florida?

[Frida]

Sounds awesome

 

 

SPOILER! --Click here to view-- | --Cliquez ici pour voir--

Wish there were clips from Pretoria/wherever she sang I got the music in me. Or were there?

Edited February 10, 2010 at 03:49 PM by Frida

[idroveallnight]

Sounds awesome

 

 

SPOILER! --Click here to view-- | --Cliquez ici pour voir--

Wish there were clips from Pretoria/wherever she sand I got the music in me. Or were there?

 

Totally forgot. Yes they were!

[nano]

Chuck Taylor wrote about the movie on his blog: http://chucktaylorblog.blogspot.com/2010/0...tacular_10.html

 

“Through the Eyes of the World” is definitely designed for fans, but there won’t be a single among the hundreds and hundreds of thousands who attended the Taking Chances tour, who won’t feel a bit of the thrill once again while watching this film. Stunningly shot, broad and beautiful, it’s a technical spectacle. But even more, it’s the most complete and intimate look, in living color, that we’ve ever had of the world’s finest entertainer. Even the coldest critic—and god knows Celine has been torn from limb to limb by the worst of them—cannot deny the potency of her humanity here—from hand to heart.

 

Edited February 10, 2010 at 03:28 PM by nano

[nystrele]

Hiya Celine cool cats! Tuesday evening I attended a screening of Celine's "Through the Eyes of the World" at Sony Records in NYC. I'm posting a review on my blog, and wanted to share it here as well. It's GORGEOUS!!!

Please check out the full blog post here:

http://chucktaylorblog.blogspot.com/2010/0...gh-eyes-of.html

 

Here goes:

On Tuesday evening, a friend invited me to the New York headquarters of Sony Records, for a screening of the upcoming Celine theatrical release, "Through the Eyes of the World." Think of it as a parallel to Michael Jackson's "This Is It"—only she lived to tell.

 

The film will be released worldwide in movies theaters for a limited one-week engagement and honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect. Is this a vanity project? “Look at the places I've seen, see the hundreds of thousands of fans who love me...” On the contrary. The 90-minute production—stunningly shot in HD—offers an often humble look at the artist but more so, inside the woman, the mother and the wife.

 

As she travels the world during her 2008/2009 Taking Chances tour, Celine visits the site of a concentration camp in Germany, and breaks into sobs, saying to husband Rene, "I just can't take this anymore." In South Africa, poor children sing to her—and she says something to the effect of, "You have changed my heart. I will never sing the same way again." In China, a reporter asks her an absurd, leading question about "the power of our nation," and she reveals her seasoned savvy, turning her response into a revelation about hope and self-empowerment. She isn't phased for a second.

 

One of the great moments in “Eyes” comes as she scolds security guards for bumbling her exit from the stage; she tries to greet fans, but the big guys walk in front of her and step on the back of her dress. She means business, but it ends with hugs and thank yous, by name, for each of the dudes. Another fun scene: reviewing choreography for a show, all while having her hair done. She quickly blurts out lyrics, blows out sounds effects for instrumentation and computes her moves; it’s funny as hell.

 

Throughout, Celine is accompanied by Rene and her (then) 8-year-old son Rene Charles, who seems more or less oblivious to the fact that his mama is among the most famous entertainers in the world. The caring and attention that Celine and Rene devote to him throughout their around-the-world adventure—on a safari, playing golf, singing around the dinner table, running around a hotel room—comes off like an extended vacation for R.C.... It shows the effort his parents are making to offer him the best, without bringing attention to his overt privilege. As a result, he comes across like a pretty normal kid: not a precocious, entitled brat. Good parenting.

 

Celine also deals with a couple bouts of serious illness, where they are forced to reschedule engagements, including a sweep of nearly half a dozen dates in the U.S. Her disappointment is obvious, but so is the dire fear when her throat tightens and her neck is sore. As her throat is painfully probed by a fiber optic tube, a tear rolls down her cheek, but she says nothing. She performs one night, despite feeling sick, worried that her voice is going to give out, and paces nervously afterward, as one of her team members says, "It's over; you made it through," and Celine says, "Yes, but at what price?"

 

Then, of course, there are the performances. We see clips from around the world, including some spectacular editing as she sings the same number in more than two dozen countries. It shows the sheer breadth of this world tour. We hear good bits from many of her signature hits, but there are also surprises as the repertoire changes from locale to locale. One of the strongest is Queen’s “The Show Must Go On,” a tour de force that deserves to be recorded for a future studio album. Amazingly, the film also cleverly ties the anecdotal material into each performance; somehow, in each case, the narrative relates to the theme of each song. God knows how much shooting must have gone on for more than a year, but “Eyes” is put together like an intricate puzzle. The editing is sheer genius. As it must, the film peaks with “My Heart Will Go On,” and we see the full number performed—again spliced with scenes from around the globe.

 

“Through the Eyes of the World” is definitely designed for fans, but there won’t be a single among the hundreds and hundreds of thousands who attended the Taking Chances tour, who won’t feel a bit of the thrill once again while watching this film. Stunningly shot, broad and beautiful, it’s a technical spectacle. But even more, it’s the most complete and intimate look, in living color, that we’ve ever had of the world’s finest singer. Even the coldest critic—and god knows Celine has been torn from limb to limb by the worst of them—cannot deny the potency of her humanity here—from hand to heart.

[Bumble]

ain't the URL of your blog

[celinedionfan1]

Can't wait for the DVD:D

I'm so sad that I don't get to see it in theaters

[Frida]

Thank you so much! Loved reading that

[ashleylovesceline]

AMAZING review!! *applauds* I cannot wait to see this!!